###### Created: 2024-03-12 12:06 ###### Areas & Topics: #history ###### Note Type: #permanent ###### Connected to: [[Stay With Me]] [[Gideon Orkar]] - Babangida was a retired statesman and general, originally serving in the Nigerian army. - He was involved in almost all military coups In Nigeria's history, and rose up to general and Commander-In-Chief of the Nigerian army. - He seized power when he organised a coup d'etat against Muhammadu Buhari, becoming the unelected President and military dictator of Nigeria between 1985 and 1993. - His period of power was colloquially known as the 'Babangida Era' and survived multiple coup's and crises before ending after he resigned following issues with annulment of democratic election results in 1993. ### Resources https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Babangida